## 1919
4238
TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC
JUNE 6, 1919

I had representatives of the Bashkirs here; they are requesting that their troops be assigned to the east rather than to the south. In the east, in their own region, they say they can help rapidly seize Chelyabinsk, since the Kirghiz will also march with them; in the south, however, they are powerless and fear they will accomplish nothing. I most earnestly request that you weigh these arguments—in my view, they are serious ones.

Urge Sokolnikov to hurry with the suppression of the uprising. We are sending reinforcements to the south. Podbelsky in Tambov Province is working well; he has raised a military supply depot and is procuring 20,000 pairs of boots.

4011
TELEGRAM FROM I. V. STALIN TO V. I. LENIN*
JUNE 9, 1919

Taking into account the situation on other fronts, we have thus far not requested new reinforcements, but now the situation has worsened to an extraordinary degree. Danger threatens Peterhof directly; with its fall, Peter hangs by a thread. To save Peter, it is necessary immediately, without a moment's delay, to send three reliable regiments. We propose giving them from the Arkhangelsk Front or from the east. The regiments must be the most reliable ones. From the reinforcements that came from the All-Russian General Staff, a Yaroslavl formation of a battalion and a half yesterday again surrendered on the initiative of their own commanders. The shortage of reliable commanders makes itself felt constantly. Preparation for defense is proceeding at full tempo. A second line of defense has been organized, running through prepared trenches that were prepared back under Kerensky along the line Peterhof–Tsarskoye Selo–Virey. Awaiting your reply.

Stalin

Published from a typewritten copy.

* With regard to the telegram, there is a note from the Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic: "This telegram was delivered to me during the night from Sunday to Monday, i.e., on the 9th around 2–3 o'clock. The Chief of the Field Staff was immediately awakened and was given the order, bypassing the Commander-in-Chief, to provide 3 regiments."

LENIN COLLECTION
8337
NOTE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC*
JUNE 9, 1919

I am sending a telegram to the East Front**. Send a copy to the Central Committee.

It is necessary to assist Peter from the Eastern Front.

I shall arrive tomorrow.

Lenin

4242
TELEGRAM TO THE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Kharkov
JUNE 9, 1919

I have received your letter of June 5. Take all measures to ensure that the figures you write about do not remain merely on paper. Try to increase them. Impress upon all workers engaged in mobilization that stopping halfway is impossible. It would be shameful not to shoot those who fail to appear and those who evade mobilization. Report more frequently on the results.

Lenin

Published from a manuscript copy.

* The note was written by V. I. Lenin upon receipt of I. V. Stalin's telegram requesting that reinforcements be sent to the Petrograd Front (see the preceding document).
** V. I. Lenin's telegram to the Revolutionary Military Council of the Eastern Front of June 9 was published in *Pravda* on January 21, 1937.